Episode 1.1 – Hello world!

Meet the father/son duo behind The Middle School Mind podcast

This is our very first episode of The Middle School Mind podcast. Today we meet our hosts. For safety and anonymity’s sake, we won’t use our real names. If we happen to flub our lines in any episodes, you may hear us beep our names out.

About Us

Dad is a 40-something marketing professional in the plastics industry. While he likes his job and his team, he likes the idea of retiring well before 65. To help him realize his goal, dad likes to focus on personal finance, developing new income streams and learning about the web, SEO and podcasting.

Son is an 11-year-old 6th grader at a public school in the Midwest. He has been performing in musical theater and enjoys hamming it up and having fun with his acting friends and improv group. He enjoys school and can talk anyone and everyone’s ear off forever…hence, starting his own podcast, The Middle School Mind. Like a lot of middle school age kids, Son loves to talk about video games like Minecraft and Mario.

We both share our home with mom and 13-year-old older sister who may or may not make appearances on the podcast as well.

1.1 Hello World Show Notes

Today’s show featured:

• 0:00 Opening theme “One Day Soon” courtesy of Smith The Mister
• 0:08 Host Introductions

• 1:18 I am “Sun”
• 2:04 you’re like Neil Armstrong who goes into space and I’m like the guys back in Houston
• 3:00 What our listeners can expect from The Middle School Mind podcast
• 6:16 Video game discussion: Cuphead is visually appealing but frustrating as heck

• 14:20 Video game discussion: Rage quitting is very real. Check out the following youtube compilation of epic rage quits. Seriously folks, it’s just a game.

• 16:07 Video game discussion: Minecraft makes me rage quit too.
• 19:39 Video game discussion: What monster would rage quit during Animal Crossing?

• 20:11 Episode Closing theme “One Day Soon” courtesy of Smith The Mister

For more video game-related episodes from The Middle School Mind, check out our episode on Minecraft or our episode about the Oculus Quest 2 VR gaming system!

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Bonus Episode: 1.1 Hello World! Relisten – The Middle School Mind

In this bonus episode of The ⁠Middle School Mind⁠ podcast, Father and Son take a listen back to our very first episode, Hello World when he was early in his 6th grade year as a fresh-faced middles schooler. It's a fun way to poke fun and reminisce about our time making the podcast. This is the final, final episode of The Middle School Mind podcast and thank you to all who were part of this amazing ride. For all you middle school kids out there listening to us. You can make your own podcast easily. You guys have amazing ideas and get your voices out there! — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themiddleschoolmind/support

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